“It is a great art to succeed in having your soul sanctified. A person can become a saint anywhere. He can become a saint in Omonia Square, if he wants. At your work, whatever it may be, you can become a saint through meekness, patience, and love. Make a new start every day, with new resolution, with enthusiasm and love, prayer and silence - not with anxiety so that you get a pain in the chest.” IfsWantMayPersonsArtSoulPainPrayerSilenceSucceedAnxietyAnd LoveSaintEnthusiasmYour SoulResolutionChestsSquaresBe YouGreat ArtMeeknessNew StartPatience And LoveLove Prayer Author:Porphyrios (Bairaktaris) of Kafsokalivia
“A village in a country which is taking pains to become altogether standardized and pure, which aspires to succeed Victorian England as the chief mediocrity of the world, is no longer merely provincial, no longer downy and restful in its leaf-shadowed ignorance. It is a force seeking to conquer the earth. Sure of itself, it bullies other civilizations, as a traveling salesman in a brown derby conquers the wisdom of China and tacks advertisements of cigarettes over arches for centuries dedicated to the sayings of Confucius.” WorldCountryEarthPainForceCenturyIgnoranceCivilizationPureSucceedEnglandSeekingChinaChiefsConquerBrownVillageMediocrityDedicatedCigaretteAspireLeafsBullySalesmanAdvertisementsVictorianArchesRestfulDerby Author:Sinclair Lewis
“Your fervent wishes can only find fulfillment if you succeed in attaining love and understanding of men, and animals, and plants, and stars, so that every joy becomes your joy and every pain your pain.” IfsMenPainJoyWishStarsUnderstandingAnimalSucceedPlantFulfillmentFervent Book:Albert Einstein, The Human Side: Glimpses from His Archives Source: Albert Einstein, The Human Side: Glimpses from His Archives
“The great artist is the man who most obviously succeeds in turning his pains to advantage, in letting suffering deepen his understanding and sensibility, in growing through his pains.” MenArtPainArtistSufferingUnderstandingGrowingHe ManSucceedAdvantageSensibilityGreat ArtGreat Artist Author:Walter Kaufmann